St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09

assemble at the league club house.
A recess was taken long enough to
enable the COMMITTEES to take possession
of their new and far more agreeable
quarters, and when Chairman Jones
again called the members to order an
| informal discussion enSued as to the
time which should be allowed to the
representatives of the various cities
which are competing for the prize of
holding the next Republican convention
10 present their respective claims. 1t
was finally decided that fifteen minutes
should he accorded to each delegation,
! and the first delegation admitted was
from
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
A large number of gentlemen bearing
badges indicating that they were pres
ent to advocate the claims of Minneap-
oils. Their spokesman was ex-senator
WinSOm. who gave the reasons why he
thought that Minneapolis should be
favored by the committee.
He guaranteed on behalf of the citl-
ZenS Of that city that the travelling eX-
penses of delegates should not be
greater than if the convention should
| be held in Chicago. Should the cOnven-
/ ton meet at Minneapolis, ample hotel
accommodations for 10000 people would
be provided at the usual rates. All the
usual expenses of the convention would
be paid and all the usual cOurteSies
extended to the national committee.
a hall with Il seating capacity of
over 900 will be extended for the
meeting of the convention. and suitable
headquarters for every state and terri
tory would be provided in the same
building. st. Paul and Minneapolis
were united in the effort TO secure the
convention at the latter place, and the
rest of the country should encourage
their friendlinesS. Laughter. lie had
nothing 10 say against any other city,
but he warned the committee that the
| cOyentiOu. after sweating for a week in
| Philadelphia, st. Louis or Chicago,
would wish that it had met at Minneap-
/ oils. st. Paul and Minneapolis had
/ grown up under Republican political
/ principles; they had partaken of the
benefits of Republican policy, and he
wished to show how they. had pros
pered under that policy. Minnesota was
neutral as to candidates. and all would
be treated fairly. There were thousands
of men in the state who had ability To
be presidents, but Minnesota had
/ no candidate. An issue had been
made by the president in his message
! and the Republican party must act
ton or free trade. The president had
| adopted form of message never before
II .ard Of. He had /. rgOtten to acknOwl-
edge even what divine providence had
done for the country. and had rushed
into the tariff as the issue between the two
parties. lie (NmdOmD was glad that
| the issue had been made. Did gen
tlemen think that when the question
was to be between free trade AMI tariff
1t was necessary to carry Goals 10 New
Castle by going to Philadelphia to make
Republican platform. The Democrats
knew that there was all element in the
( Republican party of the Northwest that
wasn't as sound on the question of pro-
lection as it ought to be. Was it not to
the interest of this committee 10 take
the convention to the great Northwest,
where it would do the most good?
SENATOR WINDOW
alluded to the prOpinquity of MinEeap-
oils TO tie great territory of Dakota and
severely arraigned the Democratic party
/ for refusing TO grant admission to the
union of states, of Il territory containing
G00,00o intelligent people. merely be-
cause they were Republicans. Gen. 7.
b. Henderson, of Missouri. acted as
spokesman for a large delegation of
gentlemen who were admitted to pre-
sent the advantages of st. Louis as the
convention city. He presented the
plans of the Grand Music hall of st.
Louis, and explained that in this build
ing the committee might have choice
of hallS-One accommodating 1.S00, one
5000, and one ll,000 persons. He ar
gued that the hotel and railroad facili-
ties of that city were eXcelled by none
and. in behalf of the press. he promised
entire fairness Of treatment to all the
candidates who might be forward
for the Suffrages of the cOnven-
ton. He referred TO the fight
which the Republicans of his
state had been making since the war
and the continual defeat which they had
met. He predicted. however. that the
electoral vote of Missouri would. in the
next election, be found in favor of the
| nominee of the Republican convention,
whoever he might be. Col. ID. u. Dyer,
of St. Louis, in a vigorous speech see
Onded Gen. HenderSOn'S desire that st.
Louis should be chosen. and declared
that as Oh fair vote the city was Re-
publican. the holding of Il convention
there would greatly encourage and help
Missouri Republicans i'll their fight.
| The convention should be assembled
there because il was a central point and
because st. Louis had no fight TO make
on any man who might he candidate
On the issue made by the presidents
message Republicans could go into the
mining and manufacturing portions of
the state and carry Missouri for the Re-
publican party. Applause The Mis-
souri, delegation having retired. the
committee at 80 took recess for one
hour. After the recess
THE CHICAGO DELEGATION
was admitted. and MAYOR Roche, of
Chicago. in busineSSlike manner de-
tailed the cOnvenienceS which could he
accorded the members of the convention
by Chicago III case that city secured the
favorable vote of the committee. Chi
cagO proposed to do as much and more
for the accommodation of the convention
than she had done four years ago, and
he claimed that she was better pre-
pared than any other city in the country
TO care for the visitors 10 the c0nVen-
ton. He. as mavOr. would he pleased
to have the convention meet in a city
which had grown To be what she was
under the protecting Influence of tar
iff. [ApplauSe. Senator CullOm earn
estlyRrged the committee to select Chi
cagO. and he made brief resume of the
hotel. railroad and telegraphic facilities
of the city. Chicago to-day was in favor
vi anu llttu ttCli lliipIbNNh III
other ways since 1884. Ithad had much
to do in graphing with the element of
communism and socialism that had been
spreading over the country. II had
been settled by the authorities of Hi
nois that man who disregarded the
rights of property and the law and
government could not live in ChicagOor
in the commonwealth. IApplausel. He
hoped that Chicago would he selected.
but whether it were or not. Illinois and
Minnesota and Nebraska and Kansas
and Iowa would stand by their cGlOrs
and vote the Republican ticket. Sena-
tor Henderson spoke for OmalIa--that
young giant of Il municipality. situated
in the heart of a continent and upon
the banks of the greatest river in the